up to 80% in urban areas (2004)

Paraguay
9.4% (2005 est.)

Peru
7.2% in metropolitan Lima; widespread underemployment (2006
est.)

Philippines
8.4% (2006 est.)

Poland
14.9% (November 2006 est.)

Portugal
7.5% (2006 est.)

Puerto Rico
12% (2002)

Qatar
3.2% (2006 est.)

Romania
6.1% (2006 est.)

Russia
6.6% plus considerable underemployment (2006 est.)

Rwanda
NA%

Saint Helena
14% (1998 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis
4.5% (1997)

Saint Lucia
20% (2003 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon
10.3% (1999)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
15% (2001 est.)

Samoa
NA%

San Marino
2.6% (2001)

Sao Tome and Principe
NA%

Saudi Arabia
13% among Saudi males only (local bank estimate; some
estimates range as high as 25%) (2004 est.)

Senegal
48%; note - urban youth 40% (2001 est.)

Serbia
31.6%
note: unemployment is approximately 50% in Kosovo (2005 est.)

Seychelles
NA%

Sierra Leone
NA%

Singapore
3.1% (2006 est.)

Slovakia
10.2% (2006 est.)

Slovenia
9.6% (2006 est.)

Solomon Islands
NA%

Somalia
NA%

South Africa
25.5% (2006 est.)

Spain
8.7% (2006 est.)

Sri Lanka
7.6% (2006 est.)

Sudan
18.7% (2002 est.)

Suriname
9.5% (2004)

Swaziland
40% (2005 est.)

Sweden
5.6% (2006 est.)

Switzerland
3.3% (2006 est.)

Syria
8% (2005 est.)

Taiwan
3.9% (2006 est.)

Tajikistan
12% (2004 est.)

Tanzania
NA%

Thailand
2.1% (2006 est.)

Togo
NA%

Tokelau
NA%

Tonga
13% (FY03/04 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago
7% (2006 est.)

Tunisia
13.9% (2006 est.)

Turkey
10.2% plus underemployment of 4% (2006 est.)

Turkmenistan
60% (2004 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands
10% (1997 est.)

Tuvalu
NA%

Uganda
NA%

Ukraine
2.9% officially registered; large number of unregistered or
underemployed workers; the International Labor Organization
calculates that Ukraine's real unemployment level is around 9-10%
(2006 est.)

United Arab Emirates
2.4% (2001)

United Kingdom
5.4% (2006 est.)

United States
4.6% (2006)

Uruguay
10.5% (2006 est.)

Uzbekistan
0.8% officially, plus another 20% underemployed (2006
est.)

Vanuatu
1.7% (1999)

Venezuela
8.9% (October 2006 est.)

Vietnam
2% (2006 est.)

Virgin Islands
6.2% (2004)

Wallis and Futuna
15.2% (2003)

West Bank
20.3% (includes Gaz